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  American Music Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American Music Records is a United States-based record label specializing in traditional New Orleans jazz.
In the 1970s many American Music recordings were reissued on LP by Storyville Records.
Russell was surprised when the first CD issue of his Bunk Johnson recordings quickly sold more copies than had all of the American Music gramophone records in the preceding decades.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Music_Records   (230 words)

  
 Dial Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dial Records was a United States based record label specializing in bebop jazz.
Labels of Dial Records said that they were "Contemporary American Music", a dig at the traditionalist American Music Records label.
A later Dial Records was founded in 1998 by Mike Donovan in San Francisco, California.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dial_Records   (130 words)

  
 American Music Club Music Web Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
American Music Club Tour History - List of shows in which the American Music Club and Mark Eitzel have performed over the years.
American Music Club "The devil's agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?" (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles) The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men.
American Music Club The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
www.searchmusicnetwork.com /Bands_and_Artists_A_American_Music_Club.html   (1702 words)

  
 American Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
America's Musical Life: A History by Richard Crawford (Norton) tells the fascinating story of music in the United States, from the sacred music of its earliest days to the jazz and rock that enliven the turn of the millennium.
Beginning with the music of Native Americans and continuing with traditions introduced by European colonizers and Africans brought here as slaves, the book reveals how this bountiful heritage was developed and enhanced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to produce the music we hear today.
A historian grappling with the whole of American music cannot avoid encountering generic differences in the way that music has been created, performed, and transmitted-differences that explain why such terms as "classical," "popular," and "folk" music are part of the common vocabulary.
www.sirreadalot.org /arts/americanmusicR.htm   (2128 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Race Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Race music and records, therefore, were also the primary medium for African-American musical expression during the 1920s and 1930s; an estimated 15,000 titles were released on race records--approximately 10,000 blues, 3,250 jazz,; and 1,750 gospel songs were produced during those years.
Race records are significant historical documents of early-twentieth-century African American music and have been and remain influential to artists, audiences, and scholars alike.
Race records were separated from the recordings of white musicians, and records based solely because of the race of the artists.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419101005   (907 words)

  
 Dancing Between The Notes: Music and Asian American Panethnicity | ColorLines | Summer 1998
Because folk music represented communal ideals and grassroots ideologies, the genre was an obvious choice for Asian American activists.
Music was more than a vessel for entertainment, it was also a vehicle for education.
The group saw their struggle as not simply about Chinese American or Japanese American concerns, nor even confined to the borders of the U.S. One of their first songs, “Yellow Pearl,” went against conventional wisdom of the era in affirming pan-Asian solidarity.
www.arc.org /C_Lines/CLArchive/story1_1_09.html   (1220 words)

  
 american music club | alias records |
American Music Club is Critic Michael Goldberg has said "American Music Club make a dark, atmospheric music that sounds a million miles away from its rock, folk and country roots.
American Music Club’s existence was tumultuous, to say the least; Mark was prone to facing his demons while onstage, and as such earned a notorious reputation.
After endless touing, five records and an EP ("Rise" also on Alias) on independent labels, the band tried their hand with the major labels by signing with Warner Brothers Records.
www.aliasrecords.com /americanmusicclub.htm   (598 words)

  
 Canyon Records Productions - Company Background
Canyon Records is the world's leading record label specializing in Native American music.
Best known for the recordings of popular Navajo-Ute flutist R. Carlos Nakai, the Canyon Records catalog includes more than 400 traditional and contemporary recordings by the native peoples of the United States, western Canada and northwest Mexico.
In honor of the 45th anniversary, Canyon Records will be releasing a 20 CD commemorative collection of Native American music.
www.canyonrecords.com /about.htm   (184 words)

  
 African American Music
The contributions of African-Americans to the history of music in the United States began with the arrival of the first Blacks on the mainland in 1619.
They remembered the importance of music in the West African way of life—how almost every activity was accompanied by music appropriate to the occasion and how special kinds of music were provided for festivals (called "customs" in Africa)— and they continued these practices in the New World.
Perhaps worthy of special mention are the Pinkster festivals held in various cities of New York state, in whch African-Americans danced traditional dances to the music of drums and singing, while large crowds of white spectators watched the "exotic" scenes.
afgen.com /music.html   (308 words)

  
 Digital History
These selections of historical music were selected because of their relevance to American History.
We believe that the copyright for this music has expired or the music is in the public domain.
By continuing, you are acknowledging your understanding of this notice and your agreement to use this music accordingly and for educational purposes only.
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /audio/music.cfm   (182 words)

  
 Latin American Music Styles
It is not an easy task to determine the home of a musical variety if you have to choose from more than 20 countries.
Even a native Latin American senses the difficulty, except of course when he has to identify the kind of music which is unique to his home country.
To start it off there is an ID in Quichua followed by a music cut, at the end of which the signal faded down.
home.swipnet.se /gersnaes/henriks/lamusic.html   (2065 words)

  
 The Cool Groove!
Recorded with such names as Barbara Keith (now with The Stone Coyotes), Maria Muldaur, Gladys Knight, Jay and the Americans, Willie Nelson, Steve Goodman and Ringo.
Recorded with David Bromberg, Bonnie Raitt, Maria Muldaur, Gregg Allman, Leon Redbone, Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, Livingston Taylor and Loudon Wainwright.
Records feature rhythm and blues, blues, jump and rockabilly in a traditional Texas style.
www.thecoolgroove.com   (289 words)

  
 SOAR - Sound of America Record Distributors - specializes in Native American music.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In fact, one major newspaper once wrote, "These guys are to the Indians like the Beatles were to the White folks." Amid a legion of loyal fans throughout the world, their live stage presentations drew comparisons by the media to the raw energy of the Rolling Stones.
SOAR was also enlisted as the exclusive Native American distributor for the Robbie Robertson records "Music for the Native Americans" and "Contact From the Underworld of Redboy," on Capitol Records, and the multi-million seller "Sacred Spirit" on Virgin Records.
Bee has said all along that SOAR was not the first company to record Native American music, but they were the first to take it to the next level.
www.soundofamerica.com   (903 words)

  
 American music collections
The strength of these collections is the music of the late nineteenth through the twentieth centuries including Big Band jazz, Gospel and African American sacred music, and folk music.
Among the largest of these collections are the Duke Ellington Collection, 1927-1988 spanning nearly the entire life and career of one of America's most recognized musicians and the Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music containing images, music, and lyrics of American life and culture between 1790 and the 1980s.
Music's role in American advertising can be found in the N W Ayer Advertising Agency Collection, 1849-1996, Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, ca.
americanhistory.si.edu /archives/d-5.htm   (339 words)

  
 Asian / Asian American Music Reviews
As a collector of Asian American recordings (lp's, cassettes, cd's) I had the opportunity to play some of this music on my Asian American radio show, "Gold Mountain." For many years, the magazine-like program aired on WPFW 89.3 FM, the DC community station owned by Pacifica.
The intensity of her playing and her music is apparent from the wide dynamic range and changing tempos.
In this kind of music, it is often as important to listen to the spaces around the beats and notes, as it is to listen to the sounds themselves.
members.tripod.com /~tfeng   (1438 words)

  
 Tumi Cuban and Latin American Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Tumi Music is the result of almost 20 years of travelling, eating, sharing and living in Latin America.
We pride ourselves on promoting with enthusiasm and foresight, popular, new and traditional music as well as forms of music which were previously unknown.
Fused inside her music are traces from further afield, from iconclastic jazz and rock to today's Brazil.
www.tumi.music.ndirect.co.uk   (1349 words)

  
 Music - American Music
Country music, gospel and the blues -- The weekly Morning Edition</em> segments, with Paul Brown, feature interviews, oral history, and historic performances. Hear the remarkable moments as American music finds its voice and begins to hear itself across the continent.</b></font>*****
The American Musical Instrument Society is an international organization promoting a better understanding of all aspects of the history, design, construction, and restoration of musical instruments.
American Routes, a public radio show hosted by Nick Spitzer. With blues and roots rock; ragtime and jazz; gospel and soul; zydeco and beyond. All american roots music. mail@amroutes.org 1118 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70116
www.amazemusic.com /americanmusic   (1649 words)

  
 American Fallout Records...Real music for real people
For every music sale on this site we will donate $1 to Oxfam America, a grassroots development and emergency relief agency committed to creating lasting solutions to poverty, hunger and social injustice.
American Fallout sent Jeff Lebo, Lauri Rakoff and Pat Edwards to the Americana Music Association conference in Nashville, TN to promote Jefferson Pepper's 'Christmas in Fallujah' and the American Fallout Americana Sampler Volume 1 (our first two releases).
American Fallout announced the artists who have been chosen for inclusion on it's upcoming compilation "Americana Sampler Volume 1".
americanfallout.com   (602 words)

  
 RAM Records: Real. American. Music.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
15 tracks and some great stories fill this long-awaited release, recorded February 14, 2003 at the Cactus Theater in Lubbock, TX.
14 live tracks and a studio track on this live record from historic Gruene Hall.
Recorded in December 2002, this album features a power-packed line-up of many crowd favorites, some previously unreleased tracks and a studio tribute to Waylon Jennings.
www.realamericanmusic.com   (132 words)

  
 NewMusicJukebox.org - Monday, November 07, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Any American composer who is a member in good standing of the American Music Center can post works on NewMusicJukebox.
If you are not yet a member of the American Music Center, click here or call us at (212) 366-5260 x10.
Major support for the American Music Center's NewMusicJukebox has been provided by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, and The Helen F. Whitaker Fund.
www.newmusicjukebox.org   (405 words)

  
 American Music found Swiftly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Read about american music in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
Of, relating to, or capable of producing music: a musical instrument.
Characteristic of or resembling music; melodious: a musical speaking voice.
www.emulated.co.uk /emulators/american_music.html   (411 words)

  
 AArisings
Given our unusual history, and a long-held sense that the practice now being demonized by the music biz as “illegal” file sharing can be a friend to...
Second Generation is a non-profit theater company, dedicated since 1997 to bringing Asian American stories to the world's stage.
AArisings is seeking to increase our Asian Pacific American music awareness.
www.aarising.com   (640 words)

  
 New Thought Music, Native American LazyCats Records
The Rob Wallace style of original lush and luxurious New Age music weaves a calming tapestry and strengthens a healing pathway to the Spirit in us all.
This is New Age music at its best for great listening at the same time ideal for healing or practicing healing techniques to sooth the mind, body, and spirit.
They create a Native American New Age and traditional CD that tells the story of the wanderer.
www.lazycatsrecords.com   (462 words)

  
 Merge Records - American Music Club
The band went on to release five, much applauded, full length records on a handful of indie labels before recording their major label debut in 1993.
Then, after incessant touring, the band settled down in the spring of 1994 to produce a set of songs that emphasized the line-up’s steadiness and a wealth of new perspective.
Eitzel had been working on a batch of songs and the band decided that these would be the seeds for what would become a new record.
www.mergerecords.com /band.php?band_id=99&   (540 words)

  
 American Music Club
We expect the record to be done by the end of the year and to be released in April or May 2006 by the nice folks and Merge (USA) and Cooking Vinyl (Europe).
Recorded live at the Rex Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA on November 10th, 2004.
I can't stress enough how brilliant this record is, how pertinent and valuable its songs are to our lives.
www.american-music-club.com   (437 words)

  
 Stax Museum of American soul music artists records exhibits merchandise in Memphis
With permanent Soul Music exhibits, like Soul Train, to changing exhibits, like Wattstax and Blaxploitation, the mission of the Stax Museum is to keep the memory of Stax soul music legends alive forever.
And because we are the only soul music museum in the world, you'll also find programs, special events, concerts, exhibits and memorabilia dedicated to other soul music artists and labels, including that of Muscle Shoals, Motown, Atlantic, and Hi Records.
We dare you not to dance at your computer while listening to the famous music recorded by Stax music artists, much of which is available only in our online museum shop or by visiting the Satellite Records and Gift Shop.
www.soulsvilleusa.com   (595 words)

  
 World Music from Condor Records:Native American Music, Andean Music, Percussion
Best selling CDs and cassettes are from musicians specializing in Andean Music and Native American music.
We have recently expanded and now have available the music of Brent Lewis, a world famous percussionist and a multi-cultural grouped based in Europe called Wyra Punko.
Based on our experience in the retail sale of this music, we know our new world music sells very well in all types of unique gift shops, specialty shops, ethnic or culture shops, and record stores with "new age" selections.
www.condorrecords.com   (270 words)

  
 Canyon Records Productions
On this "live" recording, the Northern Cree Singers, one of the most respected pow-wow groups in North America, host one of the largest round dances held.
Our philosophy is to develop and promote the cultural expressions and creative aspirations of Native American artists and their communities.
For five decades we have brought the finest musical performances from long cherished tribal traditions to the latest fusion of Native and contemporary musical styles.
www.canyonrecords.com   (246 words)

  
 American Music Club Records Again - Aversion.com
American Music Club is starting to break its nine-year studio drought.
The band, led by indie icon Mark Eitzel, is in the process of recording its first album since 1994.
The record, You Better Watch What You Say, is tentatively scheduled for a spring release.
www.aversion.com /news/news_article.cfm?news_id=1333   (111 words)

  
 Descarga.com: Home
This DVD is a live recording of a performance given by Obiní Batá at the Yoruba Cultural Center in Havana, Cuba in 2003.
I first received an advance promo of this superb performance (recorded at the Zepp Tokyo Arena in the Fall of 2002) over a year ago, and knew then that it was pure gold...
Time and again he surprised me with the complexity of his thoughts about the music and his place in it as he grappled with issues of musical control versus freedom, tradition and innovation, and integration of his still-evolving personal and musical identities into a coherent whole.
www.descarga.com   (4309 words)

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